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DILLON BEEBE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

WINDOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 28, 1907.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

Serial No. 395,018.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DILLON BEEBE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New J ersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of windows in which the sashes are hinged or pivoted so that their outer sides are accessible for cleaning or the like and so that the sashes can be opened to obtain the maximum ventilatin capacity of the window.

he objects of the present improvements are to enable the sashes to be hinged at one vertical edge and still be slidable vertically; to avoid the use of loose, movable or removable locking parts for holding the sash closed; to secure a ti ht and impervious closure of the sashes, so t at the window shall not leak to admit rain or cold; to effect this result by a construction which insures that the edges of both sashes are overlapped or covered at the outside; to further provide for an edge of each sash when closed a tongue and groove joint with the window frame; to do this without impeding the hinge action of the sashes; to provide a simple construction which can be easily operated and shall not be liable to get out of order; to secure a construction which can be ap lied to windows alread in use, and to obtain other advantages an results as may be brought out in the following descri tion.

Re errin to the accompanying drawings, in which li e numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure 1 is a view of my improved window in elevation, from the inside of the room; Fi 2 is a side view of a ortion of the casing ta en on line as, Fig. 1, ooking in the diection indicated b the arrow; Fig. 3 is an interior elevation o my improved window illustrating both sashes swung inward; Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on line y, Fig. 3, showing the sashes open, and Fi 5 is a similar section showing both sashes c osed Fig. 6 is a detail ed e view of the overlapping ends of the two sas es when closed.

In said drawings, 1 indicates the window casing or frame having at its opposite facing pulley stiles inner stops 2, 2, parting beads 3, 3, and outer stops 4, 4, said parts forming between themselves parallel slideways for the upper and lower sashes 5 and 6 respectively.

At one side of the window, the right hand side as shown in the drawings, slidingcarrier strips 7 and 8 are shown to which the sashes 5 and 6 are hinged respectively to swing upon vertical axes. The carrier strip 7 to which the upper sash is hinged lies of course between the parting head 3 and outer stop 4, while the other strip 8 which carries the lower sash 6 lies between the parting bead and inner stop 2, each sash being hinged at the inner corner of its edge to the corresponding corner of its respective carrier strip, as at 9 for the upper sash and 10 for the lower sash. Each carrier strip is grooved at its outer and inner edges as at 11, 11, (or 12, 12,) and receives corresponding tongues 13, 13, (or 14, 14,) on the adjacent fixed parts of the window frame, whereby said carrier strips may slide vertically without any possibility of displacement. A sash cord 15, (or 16), is attached to each strip and extends over a pulley 17, (or 18), to a balancing weight 19, (or 20), as is usual. Each carrier strip, it will be understood, is of a length equal to its sash and as it slides up and down carries the sash with it or can be left stationary at any point to allow the sash to swing.

At the opposite edge of each sash from its hinged edge a filling piece 21, (or 22), is inserted between the inner stop 2 and partin bead 3, (or between the parting bead and outer stop 4), which filling ieces extend from to to bottom of the win ow frame and simply ie against the free edges of the sashes when the same are swung into normal position or into the plane of the window..

In order to secure tight joints at the 0 pcsite margins of the sashes, which sha be impervious to rain and cold, particularly from the outside of the window, the arting beads 3, 3, are made to project from tlie window frame further than the carrier strip 8 for the lower sash and the opposite filling piece 22, which carrier strip and filling piece are referably flush with the inner stops 2, 2. Fositive shoulders 24, 24 are thus provided for the outer margins of the lower sash 6 to close against. In the same way, in order to provide a tight joint for the upper sash, the outer stops 4, 4, project from the window frame further than the carrier strip 5 for the up er sash and the filling piece 21 opposite it an which carrier stri and filling piece are flush with the parting eads 3, 3, of the window. A positive stop 25 is thus provided for the margins of the upper sash to lie against at its outer side when closed, and which thus overlaps and covers the joints thereof.

By reason of the above construction, the upper sash is slightly narrower in its outside measurements than the lower sash, although the glass is of the same size in both. This difference, however, facilitates the hinging of the two sashes to the same sideof the window frame and enables them to open to a wider extent.

It will be noted that the opposite inwardly facing sides of the window frame are parallel with the inner stop 2, parting beads 3 and outer stop 4 mounted thereon, as is commonly and ordinarily done. The carrier strips and filling pieces which I have descri ed, can be inserted between the said parting beads and inner and outer stops, and thus I provide a construction whichcan be applied to ordinary windows of the old style, with the least possible expense of labor and new parts. This is an important part of my invention, since it enables me to place my windows Where others have been before, which would not be possible for business reasons if it was necessar whole window frame. fiurthermore the usual sashes can by cutting down be utilized for hinging as I have described herein.

The filling pieces, carrier strips, inner and outer stops, and parting beads are all separate pieces from the inner sides or pulley stiles of the window frame and are removable or detachable therefrom. This enables a Window frame to be not only changed from ordinary construction to my improved construction, but to be changed back again, if desired, to the original construction, without dama ing the pulley stiles, or removing or distur ing them in anyway.

In order to firmly hold the sashes in their normal lanes or in the plane of the window, I providb upon the fillin pieces 21 andv 22 described centrally and on itudinall; disposed tongues 26, 27 and whic tongues enter corresponding grooves 28, 29 in the edges of the sashes. The tongue 26. for the lower sash preferably starts from the bottom of the filling piece 22, or at the sill of the window, and extends upward a distance a little less than the distance to which the sash can. be raised and which as shown isalittlelessthan the height of thesash. Obviously, therefore, until the lower sash is slid clear-up it cannot be swung upon its vertical hinging at all operate simply as an; ordinary. sash. When raised, however, to. a point, where it clears the tongue 26, its. edge opposite the hinged one can be pulled inwardly out of the to tear out the window frame and the sash swung into any desired position. Furthermore, when thus swinging, it can be pushed up and down into any desired position but must always be returned to its highest position in order to close it. Correspondingly, the tongue 27 for the upper sash extends from the top of the window frame downward a distance somewhat less than the distance the upper sash can be lowered and shown in the drawings as less than the length of the sash, so that by sliding said sash vertically downward to the proper point it will come free from the said tongue 27 and be allowed to swing inwardly out of the plane of the window, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. Obviously the lower sash must have been swung inward before the upper sash can be so swung, but when so released both sashes will move freely to open up the entire area of the window and to provide ready access to the inner and outer surfaces of both sashes. The tongues and rooves thus described serve as locking or holding means to retain the sashes against swinging upon their hinges, and for this purose they possess distinct advantages. First, ocking means are provided without anyloose,

-movable or removable parts, so that there is nothing to get out of order or to be lost or which requires manipulation in opening and olosi the window. Another advantage is, that vfiien the tongues and grooves extend for nearly the entire length of the sashes, as they preferably do, the sash is held with reat firmness and stability against any disp acement from its closed posltion articularly is this true when the sash or win ow is entirely closed, as in case of a storm, and which is exactly the time when it is desirous to hold the sash a ainst inward displacement or yielding. 'I he tongues and grooves do this effectively, so that the absence of a stop at the inner edges of the sashes makes no essential difi erence in this respect.

The tongues 26, 27 beside their function as guides or holders for their res ective sashes, also add to the tightness or c oseness of the joint formed between the edge of the sash and the window frame, and especially is this so because the grooves to receive them do not extend the entire length of the sashes but the edges of the sashes at their meeting ends are left entire, as at 30, 31. This is es ccially important on the upper sash, w ere obvious y if the groove in the ed e of the sash were open at the lower end 0 the sash, wind and cold could enter and readil work from the groove into the room. Similarly, if the groove in the edge of the lower sash were open at its top, any eeld air that passed the oint between the sash and the partingbead would. simply follow the groove and. causefa; draft in, the room. Furtherm e, this making the tongues and grooves shorter than the sashes, and having the upon the slideway at the free edge of the meeting ends of the sashes entire at their edges, as at 30, 31, causes the tongues and grooves when the sashes are closed to be entirely concealed. This adds reatly to appearance, especiall on the ower sash as seen from the insi e, as will be understood, and is an important feature of my invention.

It will be noted that the two tongues 26 and 27 lie in different planes, since the outer filling piece 21 is as much thicker than the inner one 22 as is the arting head 23. This is a necessary point, f or otherwise the up er sash obviousl could not swing open w en in lower positlon past the lower tongue 26. This lower tongue 26, however, is by my invention made to project no further from the filling piece on which it is mounted than does the partin head 3, and thus the u per sash will when lowered swing past it witliout any difficulty.

The stop rail of the lower sash and bottom rail of the u per sash are at their adjacent faces bevele as it is usual in windows and is shown in detail at 32, 33 in Fig. 6, to secure a more perfect joint when closed. Furthermore the corners of this edge of the bottom sash are notched as at 34, 34 to receive the parting heads 3, 3, inclosing into the plane of the window frame. A com act and ractical construction is thus affor ed, invo ving no removable or loose parts of the window frame, but permitting the sashes to he slid up and down or swing freely open as desired.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:

1. The combination with a window frame having opposite slide-ways for the edges of a sash, a sash in said slide-ways hinged at one ed e and having its opposite edge longitudinally grooved from its end which enga es the window frame when the sash is closed for a distance less than its length, and a rojection upon the slide way at the free e go of the sash adapted to lie in the said groove thereof when the sash is closed.

2. The combination with a window frame having op osite slide-ways for the edges of a sash, a sas in said slide-ways hin ed at one ed e and having its opposite edge ongitudina ly grooved from its end which enga es the window frame when the sash is closer for a distance less than its length, and a tongue upon the slideway at the free edge of the sash of a length less than the length of the sash and adapted to lie in the said groove thereof when the sash is closed.

3. The combination with a window frame having opposite slideways for the edges of a sash, a sash in said slideways hinged at one ed e and having its opposite edge longitudina ly grooved from its end which engages the window frame when the sash is closed for a distance less than its length, and a tongue sash extendin from that end of the window frame which t e sash en ages when closed a distance e ual to the ength of the said groove in t e sash and adapted to fill said groove when the sash is closed.

4. The combination with a window frame providing outer and inner slideways, of outer and inner carrier stri s arranged on said slideways, longitudina y disposed tongues arranged on said slideways opposite the said carrier strips, one extending upward from the bottom of the frame a distance less than the length of the lower sash and the one for the upper sash extendin downward from the top of the frame for a d istance less than. the len th of the sash, and said upper and lower sas es hinged to the said carrler strips and in their other edges having grooves opening outwardly at the opposite ends of the sashes or ends away from each other and terminating short of the meeting ends of the sashes and adapted to receive the said tongues.

5. The combination with a window frame providing outer and inner slideways, of outer and inner carrier strips arranged in said slideways at one side of the window, means for holding said carrier strips slidably, u per and lower sashes hinged to and carrie b said carrier strips, outer and inner longitudinally disposed tongues fixed to the window frame at its side opposite to the carrier strips, the outer tongue commencing at the top of the frame and extending downward a distance less than the length of the upper sash and the inner tongue commencing at the lower end of the frame and extending u ward a distance less than the length of tlie lower sash, the edges of said upper and lower sashes having grooves adapted to receive and fit said outer and. inner tongues, the grooves in said upper and lower sash o enin outwardly at the opposite ends of t e sas es or ends away from each other and terminating short of the central meeting ends of the sashes.

6. The combination with a window frame havin opposite parallel pulley stiles, of a slidab e carrier strip on one of said pulley stiles, a sash hinged at one edge to said carrier strip and grooved at its opposite edge, and a stationary vertical tongue on the 0pposite pulley stile from that havin the said carrier strip, said tongue bein s orter in length than the hei ht of the sas and adapted to enter the sair? groove of the sash.

7. The combination of a window frame providin outer and inner slideways for sashes, t e facesof said slideways at one pulley stile of the window frame being stepped with res ect to each other carrier strips one in each s ideway at the pulley stile of the window frame 0 posite the said stepped faces, sashes hinges one to each of said carrier strips and having their opposite free edges less than the distance from said depressed grooved, and stationary tongues longitudisurface to the path of the sash which seats at nally disposed on said ste ped slideway faces I the other stepped surface.

and adapted to enter sai sash grooves, said DILLON BEEBE. 5 tongues each being shorter in length than the In the presence of height of its sash and the projection of the BERTHA S. FULTON,

tongue upon the depressed step surface being ETHEL B. REED. 

